Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 21:58:09 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Perry Hutchison" <perryh@pluto.rain.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 Message-ID: <ef10de9a0609041958m3577a344uc369a497ccda6609@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com> <ef10de9a0609041402p30991a58hfc9063e8a857a1b1@mail.gmail.com> <10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com>
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On 9/4/06, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > > > Anyone know where I can find a working word processor for 6.1? > > > AbiWord and OpenOffice both require Gnome, which won't build. > ... > > KOffice 1.5 has OpenDocument support. > > Not that I'm any more eager to get into > a KDE mess than a Gnome mess :) > > File format support is not important. > I just need something for my 9th-grader > to use for school papers. > FreeBSD and Linux will not meet your teenagers needs, If you really want to introduce your kid to UNIX then buy a Mac... trust me on this... I interact with many high school and college kids on a daily basis. Any used Mac capable of running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and NeoOffice2 will suit your childs needs perfectly: PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor. Built-in FireWire. 384 MB of memory. 5 GB of disk space. http://www.lowendmac.com/ http://computers.attr-search.ebay.com/Gigabit_Apple-Desktops_PowerPC-G4_W0QQa10244ZQ2d24QQa12ZQ2d24QQa25710ZQ2d24QQa26092ZQ2d24QQa26443Z42211QQa26444ZQ2d24QQalistZa26092Q2ca26443Q2ca26444Q2ca25710Q2ca12Q2ca10244QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQgcsZ1506QQpfZShowQ20ItemsQQpf_queryZGigabitQQpfidZ1812QQpfmodeZ1QQsacatZ25440QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZpf
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